Burns Gets Qualifying SAT; to Sign With UCLA

By Ben Bolch

April 11, 2002 12 AM PT

Fairfax High forward Evan Burns, a McDonald’s All-American who averaged 22.7 points and 10.5 rebounds for the City Section runner-up, has achieved a qualifying SAT score and will sign with UCLA over the weekend, Lion Coach Harvey Kitani said.

Burns, who will play tonight in the national all-star game of the Jordan Brand Capital Classic at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., committed to the Bruins in September.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Burns Gets Qualifying SAT; to Sign With UCLA

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